cjcalimer replied to BirkieGirl's topic in NP Students
We discovered our last semester that our instructors has been snagging test questions from various review books on our tests all along. Makes me wish I had bought them sooner. I just took and passed my boards, and honestly I was unimpressed with thei...
cjcalimer replied to mgrenwic's topic in NP Students
Exactly this!! Also consider how much (if at all) you might want to work during the program and how flexible your work schedule is. I worked full time while working on my MSN part time because my hospital paid a good chunk of my tuition this way (don...
I've recently passed my boards (yay!), gotten my liscense, and started the process of applications and interviews. One question that came up that I felt like I had a lame answer for was about the differences between NPs and PAs. The practice I was in...
cjcalimer replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Med-Surg
My hospital tried to pilot something similar. We don't have a unified computer system or honestly even working faxes on every unit. So the solution was that the burden was put on the floor staff. We were given one hour from when the bed was assigned ...
Yes! One of my former preceptors was given the option to buy in to an internal medicine practice after being there for about 7 years. Another also started a visiting doctor service in collaboration with a physcian and owned a portion of that practice...
cjcalimer replied to Karolyte's topic in Orthopaedic
Just to add to the general consensus.... As far as the OP goes...I have no idea! Sure, we have a few patients who buckle. Luckily, PT generally works with our patients post-op afternoon/evening so generally you have a heads up that this has been occu...
cjcalimer replied to TheDude77's topic in NP Students
My school also uses Typhon. We have to submit a calendar at the beginning of the semester and we have a site visit with our clinical faculty. I guess technically they could stop by any day we're there (we're supposed to notify them immeadiately of an...
cjcalimer replied to sarah0530's topic in NP Students
Here's one you might not have thought of. If you're able to work and go to school, your job could very well pay for part of your tuition or at least subsidize your living and healthcare expenses. Obviously every program and employer has different pol...
cjcalimer replied to 1fastRN's topic in Orthopaedic
It completely depends on the rationale for the procedure. If it's just to extract synovial fluid for testing (tapping the joint), then nothing is typically injected. Steroids would be contraindicated if infection was suspected. If it is for pain reli...
I've been a nurse on an Orthopaedic unit for almost 7 years on night shift. I can say how my night goes has aboslutely nothing to do with how many patients I have. I could have three patients at 7pm and be entirely overwhelmed or have 6 and be sittin...
cjcalimer replied to lovelylady3's topic in New Nurse
When I interviewed at my current (and first) nursing job, my now manager briefly and individually pulled two different nurses that had recently started off the floor and and allowed us a few minutes to chat in private. This allowed me to ask them a t...
cjcalimer replied to nursetana's topic in Relations
As a nurse in PA, I've always found this thinking espeically flawed. As a floor nurse, I deal with the ER patients once they came to the floor and the Psych patients before they're stabilized for Psych. While it's true that ER and Psych encounter mor...
I had an incident come up recently, but I wanted to see what you all thought. I don't remember all the specifics, but I'll give you the scenario as best I can. I had a patient who had surgery a few days prior. Some kind of Ortho surgery. The patient ...
I worked two 8's and two 12's for four years before I finally got 12's. I can say hands down I'd rather work 12's. And I think my patients get better care and I'm less stressed. When you work 8 hours you are responsible for the same amount of assessm...